AIRS Image of Joaquin (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Joaquin

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This false-colored infrared image from the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows the powerful (purple), heavy rainmaking storms with cold cloud tops within Hurricane Joaquin on Oct. 5 at 6:29 UTC.

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Credits: NASA AIRS, Ed Olsen

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